Happy Girl on the Rise Wednesday,

Also, Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I know, how totally predictable that I send you a newsletter related to gratitude the day before Thanksgiving. But today, I’m going to talk about gratitude in a way that maybe you haven’t thought about before. So please, hear me out, because what I’m about to talk about could change your life.

This week’s Girl on the Rise Newsletter is 631 words (4-minute read)

This week’s affirmation:

“I notice the good, allow myself to receive fully, and grow intentionally.”

Gratitude isn’t just about what you have…

Right now, especially, the world is loud with reminders to “be grateful.” And while that message is well intentioned, and don’t get me wrong, it is important, I think gratitude has become a bit overused in the personal growth space and therefore has started to feel a little…flat. Almost like a holiday checkbox instead of something that actually shapes your life.

Unfortunately, most people miss the truth that gratitude isn’t just about what you have, it’s about who you become through embodying it.

Most of us think gratitude is just an exercise where you list three things in your journal to help “notice the good.”

And while this isn’t wrong (I actually encourage it). The real transformation happens on a much deeper level.

Gratitude changes your identity! How?

It shifts the story you tell yourself about your life, your worth, and your place in the world. It teaches your brain to recognize support rather than threat, possibility rather than limitation, and abundance rather than lack.

Little by little, it rewires the way you see your world…and yourself.

Gratitude turns you into a woman who believes she’s allowed to receive.

When you notice the subtle beauty in ordinary days. Or, when you recognize your growth, even when it’s messy. This is when you begin to feel safe enough to soften, open, and trust the unfolding of your life.

And when you do that, you begin to see your life as something you’re building, not something you’re surviving!

This is the kind of gratitude that empowers you. It’s the kind that expands your identity from “I get by” to “I am someone who grows, receives, and becomes.”

Because at its core, gratitude is really just an invitation to stop shrinking. And instead, acknowledge what’s working. Honor how far you’ve come. And to see yourself through a kinder, stronger, more hopeful lens.

The more you practice it, genuinely and intentionally, the more you evolve into a version of yourself who trusts her path, honors her journey, and believes she deserves good things.

And that?

That’s life-changing.

Until next time, keep going and keep growing.

Coach Tay

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